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US 4,395,275 AGranted
Mono and diesters of N-phosphonomethylglycinates as herbicides
AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorWilliam R. Purdum
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Abstract
Alkylphosphonate mono and diesters of N-phosphonomethylglycine are disclosed which are useful as herbicides. This invention further relates to herbicidal compositions containing such alkylphosphonate mono and diesters of N-phosphonomethylglycine and to herbicidal methods employing such compounds and compositions.
Claims12
Alkylphosphonate diesters of N-phosphono-methylglycinate of the formula ##STR8## wherein X is ethyl or ##STR9## and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --S--X), n is an integer of 1 to 4.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.